[85835] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon orthography
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr.)
Tue Jun 23 22:06:44 2009
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:04:06 -0400
From: "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <11CC79E2-3865-4A3F-9098-FE7BDBCDA81F@evertype.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Small point: I think CBS is now the owner.
TKD is still in production. People still buy TKD. A new book published by a third-party is unlikly--but good luck.
~naHQun
(yes, I know I'm a few hours behind)
-Michael Roney, Jr.
http://twitter.com/roneyii
--Sent from my Palm PreMichael Everson wrote:
On 23 Jun 2009, at 20:56, David Trimboli wrote:
>> Of course he can! He could, for instance, implement a spelling reform
>> and publish a third edition of his dictionary. Heck, I'd be happy to
>> typeset it for him.
>
> I would be the first in line to buy it, but I know it's just not up to
> Marc Okrand to decide this; it's up to Paramount.
An author can write whatever books he wants. Who owns the word
"Qapla'"? Okrand? Paramount? I know that Paramount owns Klingons.
Language is something else.
> And they're never going to do another one, not unless Klingons
> become really, really popular again.
Paramount didn't write the Klingon Dictionary. Okrand did. Maybe they
paid him to. Maybe he did it on his own and they get a cut. I don't
know what the arrangements were. It was most likely Simon and Schuster
ponied up to publish the actual book. Or?
> (If another Abrams TREK features Klingons speaking true Okrandian
> Klingon, maybe it would happen. Otherwise, no.)
I can hardly imagine Paramount forbidding a publication if it didn't
cost them anything and if the usual arrangements were made.
So that's not a reason not to at least look at good vs. bad options
for spelling reform.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
